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Ceiling Crusher goes all the way on the lead in Cotillion By Anthony Affrunti A strong, front-running pace was all Ceiling Crusher needed to capture Saturday’s Grade 1, $1 million Cotillion Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Parx Racing. The California-bred daughter of Mr. Big...

Saudi Crown delivers on promise in Pennsylvania Derby By Tim Wilkin The Bensalem skies were gray, and the cold winds blew late Saturday afternoon at Parx Racing. An all-day rain had given way to a misty air over the track, threatening to put a pall over the biggest day of racing...

Bolshoi Ballet dances to G1 Resorts World Casino Sword Dancer victory NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Bolshoi Ballet; Chelsea Durand Photo Bolshoi Ballet, who won his North American debut in the Grade 1 Belmont Derby more than two years ago, put away favored fellow Irish-bred Stone...

By Tom Luicci —- PLETCHER-TRAINED NOTED ROLLS LATE FOR ONE-LENGTH VICTORY IN SATURDAY’S $206,000 SAPLING STAKES AT MONMOUTH PARK OCEANPORT, N.J. – If there was a disadvantage to Noted having yet to try the dirt prior to Saturday’s $206,000 Sapling Stakes at Monmouth Park,...

By Mary Eddy —- NYRA PHOTO As is often the case in the Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers, the prestigious 10-furlong route at Saratoga Race Course once again provided clarity on who sits atop the 3-year-old rankings when Grade 1 Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets-winner...

One in Vermillion wins G1 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial By NYRA Press Office SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Jonathan Kalman’s One in Vermillion crossed the wire first to post a 1 3/4-length victory in Saturday’s Grade 1, $500,000 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial at Saratoga Race Course. The...

By Mary Eddy Joel Labozzetta Photo SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Four-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Chad Brown had four chances to capture Saturday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Lake Placid, and did just that as Ran Jan Racing’s Kentucky homebred Aspray rallied strongly from off the pace...

By Ryan Martin —- Susie Raisher Photo SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Klaravich Stables’ Randomized took command from the onset and never looked back en route to a triumphant score in Saturday’s 143rd running of the 10-furlong Grade 1, $600,000 Alabama presented by Keeneland Sales...

By Tom Luicci —- FAVORED NO NAY METS CRUISES TO 5½-LENGTH VICTORY IN SUNDAY’S TYRO STAKES AT MONMOUTH PARK OCEANPORT, N.J. – No Nay Mets further stamped himself as a 2-year-old turf sprinter with Breeders’ Cup potential, returning from a disappointing showing at Ascot by...

By Tom Luicci —- OCCULT ROMPS IN SATURDAY’S GRADE 3 MONMOUTH OAKS AS JOCKEY LYNCH WINS BOTH STAKES ON MONMOUTH’S CARD OCEANPORT, N.J. – If any other New York-based trainers call Feargal Lynch about riding in a stakes race at Monmouth Park in the near future there probably...